The death of Emperor Jingtai once again shrouded the already noisy Iron Net Mountain with a layer of dark clouds.

Except for a few people in the palace, the others haven't even figured out what happened last night.

In this case, the people of the entire Iron Net Mountain could feel the solemn intent in the air. No one dared to move around, so they could only wait quietly for news.

In the palace, King Hejian knew that Ye Qiong and the others only needed to borrow his identity to act, so he didn't shirk much, so he agreed to the responsibility of the overall situation.

But he didn't show too much individualism, but just chose the most suitable one among the opinions on the handling of all matters reported by Ye Qiong and others.

For example, as for how to place the second prince, everyone agreed that the second prince should first be invited to the iron net mountain, so as to avoid the second prince from causing a third accident because he could not accept his true identity.

After discussing the most urgent matters, Ye Qiong and the others did not bother too much, and left one after another.

Jia Baoyu stayed, and after personally serving the king of Hejian and drinking half a bowl of decoction, he looked up and saw the king of Hejian staring at him, and couldn't help but say, "Father, does you have something to ask me?" ”

Seeing Jia Baoyu like this, a flash of surprise flashed in the eyes of the King of Hejian.

Even he knew what was happening in the hall, and he didn't think that Jia Baoyu would be ignorant.

Sure enough, this son has quite a lot of city mansions, and he is calm enough, he is not an ordinary young man, no wonder even the emperor attaches so much importance to it......

Thinking of the Emperor Taishang, the King of Hejian felt a gloomy look in his heart, but he quickly reined in and said in his usual demeanor: "Thanks to you yesterday, otherwise Yunni and I would have died at the hands of those assassins." ”

"The father is serious, taking care of Yunni and protecting the father is the child's responsibility, how dare he say it? However, the child was derelict in his duties, and the father was seriously injured, and the child was deeply ashamed. ”

On the side, Yun Ni, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly looked over with big eyes, but after finding that Jia Baoyu just mentioned her in passing, she pouted slightly and nodded like a little sparrow.

Young people are always prone to sleepiness, and they stayed on the couch yesterday afternoon, and they didn't have time to sleep at night, so their spirits were naturally not good......

Seeing this, the king of the river reached out and stroked her little head.

Yun Ni smiled shyly, a little embarrassed.

Jia Baoyu said: "You go back and rest, my father will leave it to me here." ”

Saying that, let the palace maids who served Yunni send Yunni back.

Yunni refused: "No, I don't want to go back, I'll accompany my father here." ”

The voice was resolute.

King Hejian needs to stay in the palace to recuperate, Jia Baoyu lives in the military camp again, and the palace courtyard is empty, so she doesn't want to go back.

Jia Baoyu saw that she was holding the uninjured arm of the King of Hejian, and seemed to understand her thoughts, thought about it, pointed to the corner of the room and instructed the eunuchs: "Find a small bed and put it there, and move two simple screens over." ”

"Yes." When the eunuchs heard this, they immediately went down to do it.

"How can you take care of your father without spirit? When they bring the things, you'll sleep for two hours, and I'll wake you up and rotate when it's time. ”

Jia Baoyu smiled at Yun Ni and said.

When Yunni heard this, she was obviously moved, but she still retained the last trace of stubbornness: "It doesn't take two hours, I only need to sleep for one hour......"

"Okay."

The king of the river smiled slightly, this kid is also very good at coaxing children.

didn't say much, asked a few words about the situation of the emperor, and Jia Baoyu answered them one by one.

After a while, the eunuchs brought the bed tents, and the king of Hejian beckoned Yunni to fiddle with his own territory, and then said to Jia Baoyu: "Although the Taishi and others let me take charge of internal and external affairs, but I am unable to move, and in the next time, you still need to worry about everything for me, don't slack off." ”

"Yes, child."

King Hejian nodded and said, "Okay, I have nothing to do here, I think you didn't have time to rest last night, so go back first, I will call Ah Yun to call you if there is something." ”

Ayun is the name of the prince of Hejian's guard.

Before Jia Baoyu could say anything, a eunuch came in and said: "Earl, the Queen Mother summoned ......"

Jia Baoyu has a straight face.

King Hejian smiled: "Go, don't let the Queen Mother wait for a long time." ”

Jia Baoyu had to stand up, said that he would come back later, and then said goodbye and left.

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Ten miles away from the Iron Net Mountain, the second prince and the army were stopped here.

He came with so many men and horses, and the generals in charge of the guard naturally did not dare to let him pass.

The second prince did not force his way in, but ordered the soldiers to camp and wait.

At this time, in a simple tent, the second prince listened to the report of his subordinates, his face changed, and then he frowned deeply, and asked, "Your Majesty is really dead?" How did he die? ”

"It's true, this matter has spread on the mountain, causing panic in the people, and the cause of death is unknown."

The second prince's expression was complicated, and he had already gotten the news of Emperor Jingtai's defeat before. But he still didn't expect that in such a short time, Emperor Jingtai would die?

His death immediately eliminated the biggest hidden danger in his heart, and as soon as Emperor Jingtai died, he was the most justifiable heir to the throne, which was the best result for him, which he had not expected before.

However, the result was too good, but it made him feel a little uneasy.

In fact, when he walked towards the iron net mountain before, he had a worry in his heart. He always felt that the iron net mountain in front of him was like shrouded in clouds, which made people unable to see clearly, and he was afraid.

Therefore, he was blocked before, so he camped with the trend. Otherwise, those few hundred guards alone would not be able to stop his army of nearly 30,000.

Zhu Lan told him that he needed to be cautious and cautious in every step he took next, because once he failed, there would be no chance to start over.

"Who's in charge on Iron Net Mountain now?"

He already knew about the Emperor Taishang's coma.

"It's the Lord of the River."

King of the River......

The second prince muttered, and then asked: "What is the situation of the emperor, can you know the reason for the coma?" ”

The spy replied: "The situation seems to be very bad, in the morning, the imperial doctors repeatedly carried out the palace to diagnose and treat the emperor, but until the villain went down the mountain, there was no news about the emperor waking up!" As for the specific reason why the Emperor Taishang fell into a coma...... The villain didn't know that it was said that it was because he was frightened by the assassination yesterday morning, and he was frightened by the border army at night. ”

It seemed that he felt that he couldn't answer two questions in a row, and he was a little ashamed, the spy turned his brain, thought of something, and immediately said: "But before the Emperor Taishang fell into a coma, he once sent someone to announce His Majesty into the palace. Although his subordinates didn't know what was going on, they didn't go to the palace until His Majesty died......"

In his words, he did not hide his own speculation about the reason for the coma of the Emperor Taishang: it must be related to Emperor Jingtai.

How could the second prince not know this. It is said that the Emperor Taishang fell into a coma because he was frightened, he naturally did not believe it, but it is better to say that the Emperor Taishang accidentally fell off his horse......

If it is because of Emperor Jingtai, then what is the reason?

Suddenly, he thought of something, and his face turned pale......

Forced himself to calm down, and then couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me everything that happened on the mountain before the Emperor Taishang fell into a coma, especially who the Emperor Taishang summoned to see!" ”

The news he got before was secretly from the people on the mountain, but this person came down from the mountain, so the news was naturally more accurate and reliable, and he needed to interrogate him carefully.

So the spy reorganized the information he had tried to hear, including the situation on the mountain and many gossips.

He didn't know that in the news he racked his brains to tell, the second prince didn't pay much attention, and the second prince only heard that soon after Emperor Jingtai entered the palace, Dai Quan was also summoned to the palace, and he was already a little depressed......

That's right, in the eyes of the second prince, although Dai Quan is the head of the Daming Palace, and is even respected as the "inner minister" by many official eunuchs in the capital, but in the eyes of the emperor, he has no weight at all.

After such a big event happened, the Emperor Taishang only needed to order all the cronies around the emperor to be executed, why did he have to call Dai Quan alone? Or is it just following Emperor Jingtai?

The second prince couldn't help but speculate, could it be that something happened during this period that made Emperor Jingtai confess the ugly things he had done, so the Emperor Taishang wanted to recruit his henchmen to verify it?

No, it can't be, Zhu Lan said that with Emperor Jingtai's temperament, he would rather die than tell that secret!

However, if this is not the case, what is the reason why the Emperor Taishang (vomiting blood) who can still strategize at the age of eighty and easily crush Emperor Jingtai's conspiracy to force the palace plan to smash it into a coma?

"Your Highness......

After the spy finished speaking, he didn't see the second prince react for a long time, so he had to whisper a reminder.

The second prince glanced at him and said, "Very good, you have made a great contribution to this king this time, and this king will definitely be rewarded when you turn back." Okay, you go back first, there is important news, and then someone will report it. ”

The spies bowed again and again with joy, and then left the military tent and sneaked back to the mountain through the way of dredging.

Lu Wuwei hurriedly walked into the military tent, and did not pay attention to the face of the second prince, and said bluntly: "Your Highness, the people under your subordinates have found out that the army on the Iron Net Mountain has moved, and two groups of people have gone down the mountain, heading to the east and west respectively, the number of people is about 20,000, and the destination has not yet been discovered. ”

"To the East, to the West......"

The second prince muttered, and said in a faint voice: "Is it the one that belongs to the Northwest Frontier Army?" ”

"Exactly."

After such a long time, the second prince already knew that the two killing moves secretly arranged by the Emperor Taishang were one of the northeast border army, and the other was the northwest border army under the former king of Hejian!

Emperor Taishang really had good means, but it was ridiculous that Emperor Jingtai also sent his own general Prince Teng to Taiyuan to garrison, but he didn't find that a northwest border army quietly entered Beijing......

"No need to ask, their destination is us."

The second prince said, looking a little self-deprecating.

Lu Wuwei frowned: "What does Your Highness mean?" This is impossible, Your Majesty's rebellion is true, His Royal Highness led troops to come to the rescue, and the Emperor Taishang has no reason to take action against His Highness! ”

They traveled all the way, and there were no illegal actions, if it was Emperor Jingtai who won on the Iron Net Mountain, it would make sense. But since the emperor has won, why do you have to deal with them again?

"The person who is in charge of the mountain now is the king of the river." The second prince explained.

Lu Wuwei still frowned.

"If so, the King of the River wants to follow His Majesty's example and usurp power?"

Lu Wuwei's complexion changed, and he subconsciously wanted to say that it was impossible. Let's not say that the King of Hejian has always been the most trusted by the Emperor, let's just say that the King of Hejian has no children, and it is unlikely that he will embark on the road of rebellion......

But when I think about the ruthlessness of the Heavenly Family, what is impossible for the sake of that throne? Just look at Emperor Jingtai......

So he said: "First, the northwest frontier army associated with the king of Hejian is less than 20,000, which is not a sufficient proportion for the entire army on the iron network mountain. Second, there are many princes and ministers on the mountain, and they will not sit idly by and watch the king of Hejian plot to kill His Royal Highness......"

Lu Wuwei and the second prince are both smart people, and smart people always don't speak so thoroughly with each other.

The second prince said that if the king of Hejian had the intention of usurping the throne, the first thing was naturally to get rid of the second prince, as long as he got rid of the second prince, in fact, he would succeed for the most part.

The rest is just that the Emperor will never wake up......

"Wouldn't it? If all the princes know the identity of this king, then what? ”

Lu Wuwei was silent for a moment, as a person who knew the true identity of the second prince, he naturally would not pretend not to understand at this time.

"Your Highness is too worried, Your Majesty himself will never say anything about it. And I am the only one who knows about His Highness, so how can I be known by others? ”

Hearing Lu Wuwei's words, the second prince smiled bitterly.

Yes, he acted extremely cautiously, if it wasn't for the first time he met the fugitive Zhu Lan and needed Lu Wuwei's protection, otherwise, even Lu Wuwei shouldn't know about this matter.

No one else, including his closest eunuch, Liufu, knew the secret.

But he never worried that Lu Wuwei would harm him.

Because he was able to go from an unappreciated prince to a King of Qi who was loved by his ministers step by step, Lu Wuwei was very important.

His trust in Lu Wuwei began at a young age.

It can even be said that if it weren't for Lu Wuwei, he would not have had the firm belief to win the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

However, at a certain moment before, he really had a trace of doubt......

After all, it is true that only Lu Wuwei knows about this matter!

However, after hearing Lu Wuwei's words, the slightest doubt in his heart was immediately dispelled, and he shook his head and said: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, no matter how clever Your Majesty's methods are, it is impossible to hide from everyone after nearly twenty years of filth.

Didn't Su Yucheng know this secret at the beginning? ”

The second prince said, completely putting aside his suspicions in his heart, and continued: "Since Su Yucheng can know, then Dai Quan may also know.

Before the Emperor Taishang fell into a coma, he once summoned Dai Quan, and then, His Majesty died!

This king suspects that the Emperor already knows about the events of the year, and Your Majesty was given death by the Emperor!! ”

The more the second prince spoke, the more determined he became, and the last sentence was loud and clear.

Lu Wuwei's expression was shocked, and he said, "If this is the case, how is Your Highness going to deal with it?" ”

Lu Wuwei naturally knew that the second prince's previous plan was to take advantage of Emperor Jingtai's failure to show his loyalty in front of the Emperor Taishang in order to inherit the throne smoothly, and then wait for a few more years, and when the Emperor Taishang died, everything would be fine!

But if it is as the second prince guessed, this road will naturally not work.

It is impossible for the Emperor Taishang to choose the son of a demon monk to inherit the throne......

"Your Highness, the reply on the Iron Net Mountain has come down." One of his generals reported outside the account.

The second prince let in and asked, "How?" ”

"It said that His Highness should be left alone on the mountain, and he could not lead the troops, so he ordered the army to camp in place."

The reply on the Iron Net Mountain undoubtedly deepened the conjecture of the second prince.

He didn't think that after he went up the mountain, he would be able to come down alive.

Even if his guess is wrong, going up the mountain alone is a man-made sword and I am a fish.

Once one of them wants to usurp the throne and seize power at this time, whether it is the king of the river or not, the first one must be to get rid of him.

Therefore, this mountain, he will never be able to climb it!

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